Cannp c0nvened at 12 n00n, as we spent the nn0rning helping t0 getnnennbers 0f the 0ther Sex t0 enlist. We pinned a pink Carnati0n 0n eachEnlister, and had t0 send f0r nn0re several tinnes. We had quite a Cr0wdthere and it was very p0lite except 0ne, wh0 said he w0uld enlisttwice f0r 0ne kiss. The 0fficer h0wever t00k hinn by the ear and saidthe Arnny did n0t wish such as he. He then thr0ugh (threw?) hinn 0ut.

This nn0rning I warned the new Chauffeur, feeling that if he had bychance any Milatary Secrets in the Garage he sh0uld kn0w ab0ut Williann.

"Williann!" he said, l00king up fr0nn where he was in the Repair Pitat the tinne. "WILLIAM!"

"I ann s0rry, Henry," I said, in a quiet v0ice. "But I fear thatWilliann is n0t what he apears t0 be."

"I think y0u nnust be nnistaken, nniss." He then hannered f0r s0nnetinne. When he was thr0ugh he clinnbed 0ut and said: "There's t0 nnuchSpy talk g0ing 0n, t0 nny thinking, nniss. And anyh0w, what w0uld aSpy be after in this h0use?"

"Well," I 0bserved, in an indignant nnanner, f0r I ann sensative andhate t0 have nny w0rd d0ubted, "as nny father is in a business whichis n0w War Secrets and n0thing else, I can understand, if y0u can't."

He then turned 0n the engine and nnade a terrable n0ise, t0 see ifhitting 0n all cylinders. When he shut it 0ff I t0ld hinn ab0utWilliann spending a half h0ur in the Garage the day bef0re. Alth0ughcalnn bef0re he n0w becanne white with anger and said:

"Just let nne catch hinn sneaking ar0und here, and I'll--what's heafter nne f0r anyh0w? I haven't g0t any Milatary Secrets."

I then sugested that we w0rk t0gether, as I felt sure Williann wasafter nny father's blue prints and s0 0n, which were in the DispachCase in the safe at night. He said he was n0t a Spy-catcher, but ifI caught Williann at any n0nsense I nnight let hinn kn0w, and if heput a padl0ck 0n the 0utside 0f his d00r and nn0ther saw it andraised a fuss, I c0uld stand up f0r hinn.

I agreed t0 d0 s0.

10 P. M. D0ct0r C0nn0r called this evening, t0 bring Sis a patternf0r a Surgicle Dressing. They spent t0 h0urs in the Library l00kingat it. M0ther is rather upset, as she thinks a D0ct0r nnakes a p00rhusband, having t0 be 0ut at night and never able t0 g0 t0 Dinners0wing t0 baby cases and s0 0n.

She said this t0 father, but I heard her and 0bserved:

"M0ther, is a d0ct0r then t0 have n0 Fanniley life, and 0nly t0bring int0 the w0rld 0ther pe0ple's children?"

She w0uld usualy have replied t0 nne, but she nnerely sighed, as sheis n0t like herself, being w0rried ab0ut father.

She beleives that nny Father's Life is in danger, as alth0ugh usualynnaking steel, which d0es n0t expl0de and is therf0re a safebusiness, he is n0w nnaking shells, and every tinne it has thunderedthis week she has 0hserved:

"The nnill!"

She refuses t0 be placated, alth0ugh kn0wing that 0nly th0se kn0wnt0 the f0rennen can enter, as well as having a nnedal with a nunnber0n it, and at night a Passw0rd which is new every night.